Principal AI-Native Software Engineer

Role overview

Lead complex software initiatives from product needs through launch and ongoing operation. This senior engineering role combines backend expertise, broad technical ownership, and hands-on use of AI agents to deliver secure, reliable features in partnership with Product and Design.

Responsibilities - Clarify product goals and acceptance criteria, then turn them into technical plans, tasks, and system behavior. - Own implementation across backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure, integrations, and internal tools as needed. - Coordinate parallel AI coding sessions, provide context, review their output, and keep architecture and quality consistent. - Build, deploy, operate, and improve production software across cloud environments and existing systems. - Assess security, reliability, performance, edge cases, and tradeoffs; communicate decisions and risks to technical and nontechnical partners. - Use testing and code review to catch weak, insecure, overcomplicated, or incomplete AI-generated work.

Requirements - 8+ years of professional software development experience at Staff, Principal, or equivalent level, with a record of independent product delivery. - Expert Claude Code experience, including substantial product work and coordinating multiple agents or sessions. - Production TypeScript/Node.js experience, plus experience in a dynamic language ecosystem. - Production experience with MongoDB and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL. - Experience deploying and operating cloud software in service-oriented environments, using AWS, GCP, or both. - Strong product judgment, software architecture, security, testing, communication, and ownership skills; able to work effectively in unfamiliar codebases.

Nice to have

Experience applying AI or machine learning in production, such as integrating language models into products or workflows.

Benefits and work setup

The team is primarily remote and distributed. The role requires authorization to work in the United States. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a retirement plan with matching, paid leave, family leave, disability and life coverage, an employee assistance program, and quarterly self-care stipends. The stated base salary range is $215,000–$250,000; additional compensation may be available.